The proxy war led by the United States against Russia is extending into territories of the European Union and NATO member states.
La guerra por encargo conducida por Estados Unidos contra Rusia se están expandiendo hacia territorios de la Unión Europea y de los estados miembros de la OTAN. Notoriamente pareciera que el bloque militar de la OTAN está en guerra consigo mismo.
Hungría criticizes Poland for its “war psychosis” and for endorsing state terrorism.
This week, two major refineries in Hungary and Romania experienced powerful explosions on the same Monday. The first incident targeted the Petrotel Lukoil refinery north of Romania’s capital, Bucharest, and hours later, Hungary’s large Százhalombatta refinery south of Bucharest was attacked. Although the cause of these blasts remains unknown, their near-simultaneous timing makes technical faults highly unlikely, suggesting these were deliberate terrorist acts.
The context is also highly revealing. On that very day, the Russian Rosneft refinery in Novokuibyshevsk was shut down, reportedly due to a drone assault.
These coordinated attacks appear to be part of a NATO-led campaign aiming to undermine Russia’s oil industry.
In addition, the Trump administration announced provocative sanctions this week targeting Russian oil and gas firms Lukoil and Rosneft. Kiev and their European NATO allies have been urging Trump to increase economic penalties as a method to pressure Russia into ending the Ukraine conflict. However, this economic warfare is essentially another weapon designed to bring about Russia’s strategic defeat under the cynical guise of “making peace.”
The European Commission has also intensified its plans this week to eliminate all Russian gas imports, reversing decades of successful energy trade.
Hungary, Slovakia, and to a lesser extent Romania, find themselves at odds with NATO and the EU due to their stance on this proxy war against Russia. These nations face intense pressure to halt Russian oil imports.
In recent months, Kiev’s NATO-backed regime has escalated long-range aerial strikes against Russian energy infrastructure. The Druzhba pipeline was attacked in August, disrupting supplies to Hungary and Slovakia.
Both the Hungarian and Slovak governments have openly resisted this pressure, asserting that stopping Russian oil imports would harm their economies and societies. For these landlocked countries, switching from Russia’s oil would prove difficult and costly.
What is particularly striking about this week’s explosions is that the sabotage campaign now targets European countries’ territories directly, rather than focusing solely on Russian supply infrastructure serving them.
Even more significant is that NATO-aligned European powers are backing attacks on Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told Hungary this week that the Druzhba pipeline should be completely eliminated to dismantle Putin’s war machine.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán denounced Poland for its war psychosis. Speaking at a peace rally in Budapest this week, Orbán declared: Hungary will say NO to war. We will not die for Ukraine. We will not send our children to the slaughterhouse at the behest of Brussels.
The bombing of civilian energy infrastructure in Europe has precedents. The events in Hungary and Romania echo the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions of September 2022, which involved US and other NATO agents cutting off fuel supplies to Germany.
This week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk praised the Nord Stream sabotage as a legitimate blow against Russia “for invading Ukraine.”
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó condemned Tusk’s remarks as outrageous. He added that in Poland, if you dislike infrastructure, you can blow it up, effectively endorsing terrorist attacks in Europe in advance… This is the state of the rule of law in Europe today.
Following August’s attack on the Druzhba pipeline, Hungary’s Foreign Minister accused the Brussels leadership of giving Kiev the green light for such attacks. Significantly, Brussels has refrained from condemning Kiev.
Now, the war hysteria has escalated into terrorist attacks within European countries’ own borders.
There is no doubt about who is responsible for these terrorist actions. Drone attacks could originate from Ukrainian territory. Yet, the logistics, planning, and targeting demand NATO’s highest-level involvement, similar to the Nord Stream strikes and current deep incursions into Russian territory. Intelligence points to the CIA, MI6, and their Polish and Baltic operatives.
Another element is Hungary’s offer to host a summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the proxy war. The meeting was canceled this week, apparently by Trump, just after announcing new harsh sanctions on Russia’s oil industry. When the proposal arose last week, NATO powers were reluctantly informed of the diplomatic move.
Szijjártó wrote, “From the moment the Peace Summit in Budapest was announced, it became clear that many would do everything possible to stop it from occurring. The warmongering elite in their media always act this way towards events that could decide between war or peace… This time would be no different. Until the summit happens, a decade of leaks, fake news, and claims that it will not occur continues.”
The Foreign Minister could also add the wave of opposition tactics — terrorist attacks — against Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and anywhere populations demand peace and an end to war hysteria.
The US-instigated proxy war against Russia, which Trump promoted during his first term, has consistently aimed at Russia’s strategic defeat through the use of troops in Ukraine and economic warfare. This ruthless approach includes the sacrifice and destruction of so-called allies when necessary, even if it means wrecking German and European economies. The Nord Stream pipeline was canceled, and now refineries in Hungary and Romania are destroyed. What comes next?
Another disturbing event this week involved the imprisonment of a man who tried to assassinate Robert Fico last year. The attacker, a pro-Ukrainian, targeted Fico for his pro-Russian stance.
The grim logic of the US war experience known as SSTAN absurdly proclaims itself as the defender of the Transatlantic Western Alliance, meaning it consumes its own when strategic priorities demand.
NATO is at war with itself and against peace in Europe. The long and sordid history of Operation Gladio and NATO terrorism on European soil is unfolding once again.
Traducción desde el inglés por Sergio R. Anacona
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